With the idea doing not to much today. It turns into a busy day. After we woke up late we had to Change from room in the hostel (compay hostel). After this we straight went to the old town (cuidad viejo). We walked to here by the mainstreet. Here we saw already Some Nice buildings, art works and a wish fountain full with locks. In front of us on the big square we saw artigas (hero or not, they have a statue of him). From the moment we where on the big square we where Lucky guys. This is the point where the free walking tour start. So we ask if we still could join. This was the first time we did something like this but the expierience whas good for a second time. This funny tour guide told us a lot About the history, culture, gived us some tips, explaint us the name “montevideo” ( “monte-VI-deo” mountain nummer 6 from the east to the west”) and showed us some buildings, like: the presidental building, the old theater, the old bank, Some old church’s, the old jail and an old trainstation from peru (thats neven been in Peru). In the train station ended our tour. In this station is big foodmarket with Some bbq’s with local food. You can also tast here there own kind of champange, “medio y medio”. Its sweet wine mixed with champange, the tast is really sweet. And here we bought us a bottel of “tannat”. This is a red wine from Uruguay based on the tannat grape. After the food market we wanted to take a walk on the beach. But because the weather whas so bad we dicided to go back to the city and warm up with a cup of coffee. Around 16 oclock. We went back to the theater where we get a tour inside. Really beautiful and special. After this we took a bus to the bus terminal to plan our next trip. One’s we Where in the hostel i made the best deal, Marissa did the laundry and Wouter whas cooking, me did the wine tasting. Good deal right!
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